Let's be realistic - it is impossible to refuse perennial bulbous flowers in the garden and on summer cottage! After all, they are not only the first to delight the eye in spring, but also continuously create a magically beautiful and harmonious ensemble in summer and autumn due to different terms flowering. In addition, they do not require particularly complex personal care. With titles and appearance(photo) the most popular garden perennial bulbous flowers, you can get acquainted further.

Bulbous flowers: bulb selection, preparation and proper planting

When buying bulbous flowers, it is very important to choose a high-quality bulb: it should be firm (especially at the bottom), not damaged (scratched, cracked) or any kind of rot or plaque. In addition, the bulbs in the package should all be approximately the same size. Flowering also depends on the size of the bulb: if the bulb of tulips or daffodils is small, then you may not wait for flowering this year.

Note! If you want to make a bulbous flower bed, then in the foreground you need to plant small-bulbous plants (as a rule, they are not tall), for example, freesia or muscari, and in the second - large-bulbous plants that are longer in height.

Tulips of different varieties and muscari

It is equally important to properly process the bulbs before planting, for example, with such a popular remedy as "Maxim", or the most common potassium permanganate.

Recommendation! Try not to plant bulbs one at a time. It hardly looks pretty when only 1 or 2 tulips are growing. On the other hand, it is incredibly effective when many bulbs are planted at once (10-15), and better than different flowers.

The basic rule for planting all bulbs is to plant at a depth of 3 more than the bulb itself, in other words, at 3 of its height.

Important! Do not be afraid to plant bulbous flowers under large and branched trees. Indeed, in the spring, the trees have not yet been covered with dense foliage, so bulbous plants will definitely receive a sufficient amount of light and nutrition.

Popular bulbs for the garden: top-17

Bulbous and bulbous flowers

Bulbous and tuberous flowers are the most popular bulbous plants in our gardens. These flowers are different enough large size and demanding care. Most often, they begin to bloom from the second half of April and have a long flowering. The diameter of the bulbs in such crops is more than 3 centimeters.

By the way! For the winter, every fall, it is imperative to dig up the following bulbous: begonias, gladioli and dahlias. But, for example, lilies, as a rule, can winter in open ground.

Gladiolus

Lily

Anemone

By the way! If you decide plant anemones, then it will be useful for you to familiarize yourself with your site.

Narcissus

Important! Information about when and how to plant and grow daffodils in the open field you will find .

Hyacinth

Freesia

Note! About, how to grow freesia in your garden, you will learn

Tulip

Note! Learn more detailed information About, when and how to plant and grow tulips, you can

Dahlia

Begonia

Video: how to plant and transplant bulbous plants

Small-bulb flowers for summer cottages

As a rule, small-bulbous plants are more unpretentious to care for. It is desirable to plant them more densely. It is worth reiterating the fact that these bulbous flowers are lost, so to speak, in large flower beds. That is why it is best to always plant them in the foreground or among other low-growing plants. They begin to bloom much earlier than others: in fact, as soon as the snow melts on the site (except for Muscari and Grouse - only from April). This is due to the size of the bulbs - small-onion bulbs need much less time to wake up. The diameter of the bulbs in such crops is on the order of less than 3 centimeters.

Muscari(mouse hyacinth)

Crocus (saffron)

Important! Information about planting and growing crocuses presented.

Iris bulbous or netted (iridodictium)

Hazel grouse ( fritillaria)

But it is worth noting that the hazel grouse imperial bulb very big.

Imperial

Decorative bow

Chionodox

Snowdrop (Galanthus)

Pushkinia

Video: how to plant small-bulbous flowers

Exactly bulbous perennials lead the popularity rating among flowers in the country in the spring. And all thanks to unpretentious care and cheerful shades of their flowers, which are the first to appear in the garden and create an indescribable rainbow mood.

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Sooner or later, every gardener wants to make his garden unique and inimitable. Of course, the main parameter of beauty is thoughtful landscape design, but the plants themselves play an important role, because it is to them that the admiring glances of passers-by, neighbors and guests of the garden are riveted.

Such plants are certainly exotic trees, shrubs and rare perennials, which seem to be unrealistic to grow in our climate. There are indeed difficulties in cultivating them. Many of the exotic plants are thermophilic sissies, so you have to tinker with them, growing them in pots and storing them in a frost-free room for the winter or insulating them in various ways. In this article, we will consider some types of exotic plants that are quite winter-hardy in the conditions of the Moscow region.

What to choose for your favorite garden among the huge variety of plants? What will grow well and please? Trial and error is essential here.

Among the trees, the most beautiful are magnolias ( ). They hold the palm among the exotic plants of central Russia. About culture, winter hardiness and varietal variety magnolias, I already wrote in the article "Magnolias in the middle lane - it's real!"

Another amazingly beautiful tree is the liriodendron ( Liriodendron) or tulip tree. The plant is given a 6-7 zone of winter hardiness according to the USDA (and the middle zone of Russia is zone 4). However, it has been growing beautifully in my garden for over 15 years. Over the years, it never froze slightly, reached a height of 4 m. True, it has not bloomed yet, but the beauty of the leaves is mesmerizing. Liriodendron loves fertile, slightly acidic soil and sun exposure.

Of the trees, I would also like to note the deer-horned sumac ( Rhus typhina). It has been growing in my garden for 20 years. Height up to 3 meters. This plant is beautiful at any time of the year. The structure of the branches resembles antlers. In spring, feathery leaves bloom on tomentose-pubescent stems, soft and pleasant to the touch. In summer, dark red panicles of infructescence appear, which stay on the plant for more than a year. In autumn, sumac blazes with orange-red leaves. And in winter, velvet stems adorn the bare branches in the silence of snow. At the same time, it is absolutely not demanding. Grows in sandy loam, dry and in the sun.

Also contribute to the exotic garden design: tanning skumpia ( Cotinus coggygria), catalpa ( Catalpa), canadian cercis ( Cercis canadensis), snowflower ( Chionanthus) and blooming calicant ( Calycanthus floridus). These plants need to choose a special place in the garden: they should be planted next to the house, in a quiet, windless place, with enough large quantity snow in winter. In severe winters, these shrubs can freeze slightly, but they are easily restored.

So beautiful trees and shrubs require a retinue of no less beautiful perennials. What can I advise? Blooming clumps of trilliums, natives of North America, will look great next to the trunks of magnolias, liriodendrons and other trees. Some species, for example, Kamchatka trillium ( T. kamtschaticum), Smalla ( T.smalii), Chonoski ( T.tschonoskii) grow in our Kamchatka and Sakhalin.

In my collection there are many species and varieties of this plant, but my favorite is the large-flowered trillium "Snowbunting" ( Trillium grandiflorum “Snow Bunting”). He has large double snow-white flowers that turn pink over time. Will undoubtedly become a leader in ceremonial flower beds.

In the partial shade of trees, you can plant glaucidium ( ) and terry sanguinaria “Flore Pleno” ( Sanguinaria canadensis “Flore Pleno”). This unpretentious plants preferring fertile moist soils. Their flowering begins almost immediately after the snow melts. Glaucidium against the background of large green leaves unusual shape delicate lilac bell-shaped flowers bloom. And in sanguinaria, the flowers are like meringue cakes, lie on the sheet like on a plate. It is impossible to stop looking!

Podophyllums are incredibly beautiful ( ). Especially, varieties "Kaleidoscope" ( "Kaleidoscope") and "Spotty Dotty" ( "Spotty Dotty"). Leaves beautiful shape with an intricate pattern of brown and silver spots, large white or red-crimson flowers and proven winter hardiness - these are the reasons to be interested in this exotic. Podophyllums prefer partial shade and moist, drained soils.

In sunny places, everyone will be surprised by the Mariland spigelia ( Spigelia marilandica). I have never seen anything like it. The flowers are very bright, red, of an interesting shape with yellow tops of the petals. The plant is up to 40 cm high, prefers light fertile soils, responsive to feeding with complex mineral fertilizers in the form of a solution of 30 g per 10 l of water.

The range of plants of the Gesneriaceae family for open ground is not large, nevertheless there is a plant of a very exotic appearance with thick smooth leaves and pubescent tubular flowers with a yellow-brown throat and specks. This is the Hemiboy subcapitata ( Hemiboea subcapitata), very rarely found in anyone. It blooms in late summer and autumn until severe frost. Suitable for partial shade. It grows well on light fertile soil, forming underground stolons.

Perfect for shady wet places palm-shaped kirengeshoma ( Kirengeshoma palmata) with graceful stems and bright yellow flowers with dense, wax-like petals. It blooms in late summer, prefers moist acidic soil, reaches a height of 60 cm.

On the sunny side alpine slides can be grown a lot beautiful plants, but the undisputed pride of the gardener will be flowering prickly pear cacti ( ). They grow well in the suburbs. They hibernate with me without any shelter and bloom every year. It is impossible to get used to this - every time you perceive a safe winter as a miracle! It is very interesting to watch them: in the fall, prickly pear stems wrinkle and lie on the ground. It seems that the plants are dying, but in the spring, filled with sap, they rise again. In May, active growth begins and buds appear. Opuntia reproduce well by cuttings, which are immediately planted in a permanent place.

For us lovers of garden highlights, this is a great time to try and tame exotic beauties. Experiment, try, and the impossible becomes possible!

Gladioli, lilies, dahlias, begonias ... These flowers can be found in almost any garden, and with the onset of spring, the soul often asks for something unusual and exclusive. Something that no one of the acquaintances has! Some kind of miraculous flower that boggles the imagination! Well, let's look for this unusual among huge assortment plants, the bulbs of which can now be bought in flower shops.

Let's talk exclusively about those exotic bulbous and corms that are planted in the spring (mainly in May). Most of them either require compulsory digging for the winter, or, in extreme cases, they can overwinter under cover.
The question of wintering in the middle zone is perhaps the most controversial problem for lovers of all kinds of exotic bulbous plants. Alas, numerous reference books and magazines give sometimes mutually exclusive recommendations about this. Information on packages with bulbs often does not stand up to criticism at all, and it makes sense to rely on qualified help from a seller in a store in about one case in a hundred. In the remaining ninety-nine cases, the seller's knowledge of floriculture is limited to the ability to read what is written on this very package, and then honestly retell it to you.
What to do? There is only one advice - just in case, dig up all the bulbs in the fall, the winter hardiness of which makes you suspicious. True, this does not guarantee against failure, because digging up is one thing, but keeping it until spring and making exotic bulbs bloom again is a completely different matter. These are not the usual gladioli, dahlias and begonias that winter well in the basement or on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator! Here everything is more complicated: some bulbs prefer room temperature during wintering, some require mandatory maintenance in peat or sand, etc.

If you nevertheless decide to take a risk and leave the bulbs of an exotic plant for wintering in the ground, you should know a few "tricks". The main thing, from which overly sensitive bulbous plants most often die, is not frost at all, but stagnation of water in the soil (in autumn or spring). Therefore, first of all, you need to provide the bulbs with good drainage (especially if you have clay soil in your garden). This means that, firstly, such plants should be planted in the driest places of the site, where water does not stagnate in spring. Secondly, if the soil in your garden is heavy, then it is better to plant capricious bulbous bulbs like this: dig the planting hole 10-15 cm deeper than you are going to plant the bulbs, pour a mixture of compost with peat and sand on its bottom, then plant the bulbs, slightly sprinkle them with sand, and then cover them with loose permeable soil.

Now let's talk about what troubles lie ahead with exotic bulbs, what are their care requirements. The assortment of bulbs in flower shops and garden centers is now so extensive that flower lovers (especially beginners) simply dazzle. And if a "qualified" seller assures that the flower you like is extremely unpretentious and winters well in our conditions, many buy its bulbs without hesitation. But it may turn out to be a sissy that needs to be grown almost under a hood!

The most famous representatives of this family are irises and gladioli. Today we will talk about their lesser-known relatives, which can grow beautifully not only outdoors, but also in large pots somewhere on a sunny veranda or balcony.
Just be careful with their young shoots! If there is a danger of spring frosts, it is better to cover them. But if acidantera, crocosmia and glamini can survive a temperature of -1 degrees without any significant losses, then the rest of the representatives of this family described here will react extremely negatively even to zero degrees.

This closest relative of gladioli can often be found under the name " fragrant gladiolus". Acidantera is much less flamboyant and pompous than its popular cousin, but at the same time much more sophisticated and refined. But acidantera is unlikely to appeal to fans of bright colors, since there is only white.

Unlike gladioli, acidantera does well without any supports and does not even lie down from strong wind and rain. But as for her aroma, unfortunately, you can feel it only by leaning towards the flower itself.
The ideal time for planting acidants is from late April to late May. But it is better to do this as soon as possible, since late-planted plants may not have time to bloom in cold and wet summers. Many reference books advise, almost at the beginning of April, planting acidander bulbs in small pots and growing seedlings on the windowsill, planting them in the ground only at the beginning of June. Like, without this, the acidantera will not have enough heat and it will not bloom! Maybe somewhere in the north this is justified, but in the Moscow region the acidantera blooms beautifully without such difficulties.
Dig the acidantera bulbs at the end of September, dry well. They are stored in winter (attention !!!) at room temperature (about 18-20 degrees). Do not store acidantera in the refrigerator along with gladioli in winter: exposure of acidantera bulbs to low temperatures can lead to the fact that they will not bloom next summer.

Crocosmia (montbrecia)

The people call this flower "Japanese gladiolus". Crocosmia is quite popular, and it would be a stretch to attribute it to exotic. Perhaps, the numerous varieties of montbrecia that appeared on Russian market recently.

Strictly speaking, crocosmia is wild plant, and montbrecia is a cultural form derived from it. However, any of these names can be found on the packaging of the bulbs.

Traditionally, small-flowered orange crocosmia is grown in our gardens. But now on sale you can find a large-flowered or small-flowered mixture of montbrecia with orange, red and yellow flowers... Somewhat less often, the bulbs of the species orange-red crocosmia Mason are found in stores.

Of the varieties of montbrecia in stores, the more common the bright red variety "Lucifer", much less often - the yellow "Jenny Bloom". The rest of the varieties described in reference books and magazines can be found on sale only if you are very lucky.
By my own experience I can say that, unfortunately, purchased montbrecia bulbs often turn out to be clearly overdried (especially for smaller corms) and absolutely not viable. Sometimes only 3-4 germinates from a package (10 pcs.) Of purchased montbrecia bulbs. Therefore, when buying, choose montbrecia bulbs very carefully and be sure to store them in the refrigerator before planting. It is better to plant crocosmia as early as possible (from mid-April to mid-May).
The most difficult question is the ability of the montbrecia to winter in our open field. My experience has shown that in a warm snowy winter with good drainage and under cover of leaves and spruce branches, there are no problems with the wintering of corms. If at least one of these three conditions is absent, problems are possible with the wintering of montbrecia.

Crocosmia Mason, as well as small-flowered mixtures and the "Lucifer" variety, are distinguished by the greatest frost resistance. It is believed that the variety "Jenny Bloom" also tolerates our winter well (I have no such experience). But large-flowered mixtures montbrecia are not too adapted for wintering in such harsh conditions, and therefore they will certainly freeze out. In general, with regard to crocosmia, there is a rule: the larger the flowers, the less winter hardiness of the plant. In addition, it is worth knowing that the most careful attention should be paid to the bulbs wintering for the first time. In the future, they adapt to our harsh winters much better and will no longer require such an impressive shelter.
But if you still do not want to risk it, then it is better to dig up the crocosmia bulbs in late September and early October, dry them a little and store them in the lower shelf of the refrigerator in winter. Here, however, another rule comes into force: the smaller the montbrecia bulbs, the more likely they will not survive until spring - they will dry out.

In Russia, glamine is a novelty that will surely win over many fans. In stores, you can find both individual glamini varieties and a mixture of varieties.

Glamini is a familiar gladiolus, but much smaller, ideal for growing in pots (for example, on a balcony). In Europe, the fashion for miniature gladioli has been flourishing for a long time, but in Russia giant gladioli with huge corrugated flowers enjoy traditional love. Perhaps, a little glamini with a height of only 50 cm will be able to "break" this tradition for at least two reasons. First, mini gladioli bloom much earlier than giants. Secondly, glamines practically do not require any supports and garters (and tall powerful gladioli otherwise bend or lie down).

The optimal time for planting glamini is from late April to late May.
Naturally, thermophilic glamines, like the gladioli we are used to, require compulsory digging for the winter and storage on the lower shelf of the refrigerator.

But do not confuse glamini with some other miniature gladioli (for example, from the Colville group), which can hibernate outdoors under good cover. With glamini bulbs overwintering, there are no alternatives to the refrigerator.

Babiana

Do you know where Babiana has such an unusual name? It's just that in her homeland, in South Africa, baboons are very fond of babiana bulbs.
This crumb with purple, pink and lilac flowers reaches a height of no more than 20 cm. Only a mixture of its varieties can be found on sale.

Babiana is a great plant for an alpine slide or small container; a group of several plants looks better. Its bulbs are planted from late April to mid-May, in the sunniest and most windless place in the garden. Babiana blooms for about three weeks, in August-September.

I have come across information that in mild winters, with good shelter, a babiana can withstand frosts in the open ground near Moscow. But the chances that she will spend the winter are minimal. So it is better to dig up the babiana bulbs at the end of September-October and store them in the refrigerator until spring, sprinkle with peat so that they do not dry out.

This is another charming South African plant with multi-colored spike-shaped inflorescences. Ixia also looks great in a rock garden or in a container when planted in a large group. To speed up the flowering of ixia, it is better not to delay planting the bulbs, choosing a sunny place for this plant. Ixia blooms in August and early September. Ixia has no chances to survive our winter in the ground, so in September its bulbs are dug up and put into the refrigerator.

This one comes from South Africa even more miniature, and at the same time more finicky. In a cold summer, and even being in an insufficiently sunny place, sparaxis may not bloom. In favorable conditions, it will delight you with its flowering in August (provided that the bulbs are planted no later than mid-May).
Sparaxis is also an ideal plant for a rock garden or container. It is better to plant its bulbs in groups of 20-30.

In the fall, sparaxis bulbs should be treated in the same way as with ixia and babiana.

Homeria

This delicate plant blooming in August, also native to South Africa. However, Homeria is not so miniature: it can reach a height of 45 cm, and its flowers are somewhat larger. The color of its flowers is usually yellow or salmon. Conditions, boarding times and conditions winter storage homerias are the same as those of the plants described above.

If you prefer more large flowers(compared to those listed above) - plant a tigridia. Tigridia flowers reach 10-15 cm in diameter and look like bright spotted tropical butterflies. True, tigridia has one drawback - the flowering of each flower lasts only one day. But on each peduncle there are usually at least 3-4 flowers, and each bulb also has about the same number of peduncles. Thus, each tigridia bulb blooms for two weeks, and a group of 30-40 bulbs can delight you for about a month and a half (usually starting from the end of July).
Like all of the plants listed above, tigridia is effective only in group plantings.

I have never met individual varieties of tigridia in our stores - they sell only mixtures with white, pink, yellow and red flowers.
Tigridia bulbs are planted in the sunniest place. These plants cannot stand frost, so it is better not to rush to plant them. Mid May - optimal time for planting tigridia.
Tigridia cannot winter in the soil categorically, therefore, in the fall, their bulbs must be dug up and stored in the refrigerator. It is better to store them in peat, since the bulbs of tigridia are small and dry out easily.

To be continued…

Elena Chernysheva
..... www.beautytime.ru

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This article will focus on rather rare bulbous plants that most of our gardeners are not yet familiar with. Meanwhile, these flowers are distinguished by exotic beauty, unpretentious and will decorate any garden.

The plants listed below are great for container growing. The only difficulty is that all these bulbous flowers come from the tropics and cannot stand cold winters. In the open field all year round can only grow in the southern regions.

Where the winters are frosty, the bulbs are dug up and stored indoors until spring. Storage conditions are the same as for dahlias, gladioli. It is a bit of a hassle, but your garden, colored in the summer with all the colors of the rainbow of exotic flowers, will delight your neighbors and acquaintances.

The touching beauty of bulbous plants seems to have been created for romantic gardens ...

Along with lilies, tulips and daffodils, hyacinths, muscari and crocuses, irises, flowers that are completely inimitable in their form of flowering, almost fabulous, of rare beauty, are ranked in the "bulbous" class.

• Hymenocallis, or Ismene (Hymenocallis),
• Camassia blue "lily" (Camassia),
• Peruvian Pamianthe (Pamianthe peruviana),
• Peacock tigridia (Tigridia pavonia),
• Loose tritel (Brodiaea laxa),
• Uvularia grandiflora (Uvularia grandiflora), etc.

Rare representatives of onion rarities feel comfortable in the garden and as a pot culture. Next, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the description and photo of some types of flowers ...

(Tigridia pavonia) - known as a tiger iris with an unusual pattern, reaching half a meter in height. Up to six beautiful double-bowl emerges from each corm bright flower surrounded by three large red, white, yellow perianth petals. You can admire them for only 8 hours, opening in the first half of the day, but new buds bloom with enviable constancy for almost two months.

Tigridia is planted in April in a pot, transferring it to a flower garden only with the arrival of the June heat. In drought conditions, you will need to water more often. They are treated in the same way as with gladioli, digging up the corms in the fall after the leaves have completely yellowed, drying and storing. In regions with warm winter grown without digging.

Native to South Africa. Belongs to the iris family. It blooms profusely with openwork star-shaped flowers of a wide variety of colors, up to 6 cm in diameter. Sparaxis look very impressive when they are planted. large groups- not less than 20 pieces in each. Loves nutrient soils, he needs a lot of sun, abundant watering.

Under such conditions given view sparaxis will bloom luxuriantly and actively multiply, forming many small bulbs. It can also be successfully propagated by seed.

Another representative of the iris family. Bright, fragrant freesia is great when cut; it stands in the water for a long time, filling the room with a wonderful aroma. Its delicate and delicate aroma is so pleasant that this flower has been used by perfumers for a long time. Flowers of a wide variety of colors, simple and double.

Unlike sparaxis, it does not like direct sun rays, so it will have to be planted in partial shade. The landing site should be protected from the wind, since the flower stalks with clusters of heavy buds are rather fragile and break easily from gusts of wind. Freesia needs frequent watering, but does not tolerate stagnant water in the soil. Propagated by onion babies and seeds, and the seedlings can bloom already in the year of sowing, by the fall.

Hymenokallis, or Ismene (Hymenocallis)- belongs to the Amaryllis family. The flowers are very unusual, a little like daffodils, but much more bizarre, original form... The bulbous plant is very beautiful, its name in Greek means "hymn to beauty".

It grows quickly, blooms profusely (an adult plant can throw out 2-3 arrows with 6-8 flowers on each), so it needs to be changed fertile soils and regular feeding. The rest of the plant is very unpretentious, can tolerate drought, does not get sick. Each year, it produces many babies, which, after digging the bulbs, are carefully separated. Hymennokalis easily sets seeds, but after flowering, it is better to remove the peduncles so as not to deplete the flower.

Pamiant Peruvian(Pamianthe peruviana) from the Amarilis family has a lot in common with other bulbous plants. Strongly similar to ismen, eucharises and garden daffodils familiar to us, but differs in more impressive flower sizes, bulb shape and whimsical disposition. It is grown almost in the same way as hippeastrum, but it is more capricious.

A very rare plant in our family from the Amaryllis family. Mostly on sale you can see Tristagma uniflorum with pale blue flowers. Looks beautiful on alpine coaster... Feels good both in the sun and in partial shade.

Camassia- one of the most hardy bulbs of the Liliaceae family, of an unusual shape ... The second name is the onion of the Indians. Candle inflorescences of star-shaped flowers on straight peduncles of a magnificent blue-violet palette with various nuances turn the blue lily into an original alternative to hyacinth. The flowers of this "lily" can be white, blue, bluish-lilac.

This rare flower able to reproduce by self-seeding and "run wild" if planted in a dry and brightly lit area. As a shelter for the winter, it is enough to make a thick layer of mulch.

This plant is familiar to many, belongs to the Amaryllis family. Loves bright light and sun, abundant watering. Looks most advantageous if landed in a group. The leaves are narrow, belt-shaped, the flowers are white, pink, yellow, reminiscent of large crocuses.

Let me remind you that the genus, plant species, priority family names, temperature minimum are given in the Encyclopedia of garden plants.

So, we meet the final defile of bulbous and bulbous-bulbous rarities.

Lily bulbous

These are real highlights, each of which is interesting in its own way.

Albuca low

A rare small exotic bulbous plant for southern dachas.

Albuca humilis originally from South Africa. It is quite compact: up to 10 cm high and 5 cm wide. The flowers are white, with green backs and yellow tips; bloom in late spring - early summer. The winter temperature minimum is 0 ° C, therefore, on the southern coast of Crimea (SCC) and the Black Sea coast of the Krasnodar Territory, it is not left to winter in open ground, even with shelter. It is better to plant the bulbs in containers, which are to be dug into the ground in the spring, and in the winter to bring the containers into a frost-free basement (watering is reduced).

Giant cardiocrinum

Very large plant, and a great rarity: the search for bulbs on our website allowed me to include him in the final fashion show.

Giant cardiocrinum (Cardiocrinum giganteum) it can reach a height of 1.5-4 m and a width of 45 cm. It comes from the Himalayas, North-West Burma. Flowers are tubular-funnel-shaped, white, 15-20 cm long; bloom in the summer.

Slightly lower (1.2-2 m high and 30 cm wide) his relative is because heart-shaped (C. cordatum, syn. Lilium cordatum) from Japan, Sakhalin. Its flowers are creamy white, up to 15 cm long. Both can withstand -15 ° C, so in the south it can be grown with a winter shelter, and on the South Coast and the Black Sea coast of the Krasnodar Territory - without it, you can even try to grow it in middle lane Russia.

These are plants - monocarpics (that is, after flowering, they die off). Propagated by seeds and daughter bulbs.

Onion

There are also beautiful rare species among the bows.

Aflatun onion blooms,Photo This:

• Aflatun onion (Allium aflatunense);
• l. giant (A. giganteum);
• l. karatavian (A. karataviense);
• l. moths (A. moly);
• l. city-loving or l. Ostrovsky (A. oreophilum, syn. A. ostrowskianum);
• l. Christophe (A. cristophii, syn. A. albopilosum);
• l. strange (A. paradoxum) and others.

Strange bowPhoto
All bows - drought tolerant plants loving open, sunny places with drained soils.

Karatavsky bow, photo

Low views (L. Christoph, L. Karatavsky, etc.) look luxurious in rocky gardens.

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Some species (L. Aflatunsky, L. Giant and others) bloom not only in the sun, but also in semi-shady areas of summer cottages.

What else to look at on the site about the decorative bow:

Nomocharis

Several rare capricious species from Western China and Burma are hiding under this name.

Nomocharis pardanthina height - 90 cm, width - 10 cm. Flowers are funnel-shaped, white and light pink, with specks on the petals, 5-9 cm in diameter; bloom in the summer. In addition to him, are interesting:

• n. open (Nomocharis N. aperta);
• n. salvin (N. saluenensis).

For all three species, the British give a critical winter minimum of -15 ° C.

Notolirion bulbous

At least two rare representatives from Nepal and Western China are of interest.

Notolirion bulbifera up to 1.5 m high and up to 15 cm wide. Funnel-shaped flowers, lavender, 4 cm long, collected in clusters of 10-30; bloom in the summer.

Notolirion bell (N. campanulatum) height - 80 cm, width - 15 cm. Flowers drooping, dark crimson, 5 cm long, collected in inflorescences of 20 pieces; bloom in the summer.

Interestingly, in notolirion, like in cardiocrinum, after flowering, the mother bulb dies off, transferring flowering to one of its daughter ones the next year. Winter minimum-5 ° С, therefore, in the open ground (or in containers, with bringing them into the basement for the winter), cultivation is possible only on the South Coast and the Black Sea coast of the Krasnodar Territory.

Onion luxury

Rarities from Onion family unusual: they do not at all look like bows, although they bear their "surname".

Tulbagia purple

This is still a rare graceful beauty.

Tulbagia violet (Tulbaghia violacea) originally from South Africa, its winter minimum is -5 ° С, so it is only for the south, growing with shelter or in containers (with bringing them to the basement for the winter). Its parameters: height - 45-60 cm, width - 25 cm. The flowers are purple, very fragrant, collected in apical umbrellas; bloom from mid-summer to early autumn. Propagated by seeds (with cultivation planting material throughout the year) and division.

The unexpected beauty of the Bezvremennikovs

Beautiful and unpredictable - this is how I would describe the following plants.

Bulbokodium spring

A rare spring ephemeroid (plant with a short development period) from the Pyrenees, Western Alps.

Spring bulbocodium or spring brandy (Bulbocodium vernum) very miniature: 4-8 cm high, 5 cm wide. Pink flowers, 4-8 cm long; emerge from the ground suddenly, in the spring. Winter temperature minimum: standard -15 ° C, so you can try to grow in central Russia, with the shelter of planting sites for the winter with humus and dry leaves.

Merendera

Summer residents will be interested in two types: mountain merendera and three-column m.

Mountain Merendera (Merendera montana, syn. M. bulbocodium, M. pyrenaica)- beautiful autumn blooming view from the Pyrenees; height and width 5 cm. Ideal for rockeries. Winter minimum: -15 ° С; you can try to grow with shelter in central Russia.

M. three-column (M. trigyna)- a summer-blooming beauty from Turkey, the Caucasus, Iran; height and width of about 5 cm.Winter minimum -5 ° C, so it is for Black Sea coast Krasnodar Territory and South Coast.

Both prefer light, drained soils with a high organic content and open, sunny locations.

What rarities from the final show of bulbous plants adorn your summer cottages?